Simulating plasmaspheric field-aligned density profiles measured with IMAGE/RPI: Effects of plasmasphere refilling and ion heating

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A1, 2003, Pages

  Tu, J N ^a   Horwitz, J L ^a   Song, P ^b   Huang, X Q ^b   Reinisch, B W ^b   Richards, P G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c Department of Computer Science Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Electron density profiles; Field line interhemispheric plasma (FLIP); IMAGE; Plasmasphere; Radio plasma imager (RPI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750503839     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009468     Document Type: Article

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